DB2 supports clustering, and Oracle has a similar concept: http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/8i/IndexOrganizedTables.php http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/8

DB2 supports clustering, and Oracle has a similar concept: http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/8i/IndexOrganizedTables.php http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/8i/IndexOrganizedTables.... You are definitely right about each RDBMS having their own quirks though! Solid advice: know what you are working with and its nuances.